
Kicking off ArborFest!

ArborFest avenue

Learning about the newly formed Franklin County Pollinator Pathway program

Call before you dig trailer

Seining in the Olentangy river

Mort Schmidt begin his ID a Tree walk with bicyclists from Yay Bikes

Columbus Modern Dance performs an original piece

Taking home a few plants

Taking home even more plants!

Food trucks serving up delicious eats

Holding caterpillars!

Columbus recycles showing how everyday items can be reused

Bartlett Tree booth

EV car show with Drive Electric Columbus

A long line for Kona Ice, it was hot out there!

Story Time with Whetstone Library

Davey Tree giving away free trees from Natives in Harmony

Planta Claus is here to give away seed packets!

A few folks with a brand new oak sapling

Shelly Douglas of Green Columbus presents at the first Columbus Tree Summit

Rosalie Henderson of Columbus Recreation and Parks presents at the first Columbus Tree Summit

Mort Schmidt talks trees on his ID a Tree tour

Ceremonial tree planting with city arborists

Where it all happened

Davey Tree puts on a parade at ArborFest Avenue

A city arborists shows how they climb big trees

Handouts from the Fest

The Bard of Ghosts plays in the rose garden

Green Columbus booth

The OSU BugMobile

The music was powered entirely by an electric Ford-150 Lightning!

Thank you to our sponsors! We couldn’t have done this event without them

Exciting announcements

City Folks Farm Shop booth

Attendees carefully choosing native pollinators

Lots of native plants for sale!

Showing off their wings

Invertabrate sampling in the Olentangy

Davey Tree brought some serious equipment!

All natural sculpture created by OBLSK

IMPACT Community Action booth

Columbus Recreation and Parks booth

Digging in style

A busy festival

The ArborFest 2024 team (and Hackberry!)